Chapter Summaries

Gu Han defeated the Soul Hall threat in Heavenly Yin City, gained a powerful soul technique, and secured Baili Changhe’s loyalty before preparing his companions for the Crystal Thunder. The chapter ended as they began cultivating inside Gu Han’s barrier, but their dual cultivation went wrong.

• Cai Die and Cai Li froze Protector Tie, sealed his Dou Qi, and Gu Han stored him in the Xuanwu Secret Realm.
• Gu Han claimed Heavenly Yin City for the Jia Ma Empire, took Murong Feng’s Iron Slip, and discovered the Great Soul Extinguishing Finger before rewarding Murong Feng with a swordsmanship technique.
• Gu Han obtained the Green Sun Flame Grass and Sixth-Order Transformation Herb, then traveled to Skyfall City and subdued Baili Changhe, removing the Soul Hall’s control and gaining his sworn loyalty.
• Gu Han brought Yun Yun, Cai Die, Cai Li, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian to the Crystal Thunder’s mountain peak and explained how the lightning could strengthen them.
• Gu Han formed a Barrier and told everyone to cultivate Qiankun Yisu, but their dual cultivation went wrong.

During joint cultivation, Cai Die teased Cai Li with intimate memories of Gu Han until Gu Han calmed Cai Li and ordered them both to focus. A month later, after the group’s cultivation advanced and the Misty Cloud Sect continued expanding, the story shifted to a pursuit in Black Wind Valley over a treasure map.

• Cai Die sent Cai Li memories of her battle with Gu Han and tried to make Cai Li call her elder sister in exchange for continuing their joint cultivation.
• Gu Han noticed Cai Li’s agitation, used the Yin Yang Twin Flames to calm her, and told Cai Die to stop disturbing her.
• After nearly three hours of cultivation, Cai Die and Cai Li advanced, Yun Yun neared a breakthrough, Qing Lin reached Dou Wang, and Little Fairy Doctor strengthened her Poisonous Demonic Spots.
• A month passed, and news of Gu Han and the others killing a Soul Hall Protector spread while the Jia Ma Empire and Misty Cloud Sect consolidated their territories.
• In Black Wind Valley, a Da Dou Shi pursued a kid through the main street and demanded the Treasure Map.

Xiao Li fled through Black Wind Valley with a Treasure Map while Fan Ling pursued him, but Fan Ling trapped him despite his ties to the Misty Cloud Sect. Just as Fan Ling moved to kill him, a terrifying pressure immobilized him and the Misty Cloud Sect’s Sect Leader and Great Elder spoke from above.

• Xiao Li used his lightning movement technique to evade a Da Dou Shi and raced toward Peace Town while Fan Ling watched from nearby.
• Fan Ling killed the Da Dou Shi, drained his blood to increase his speed, and pursued Xiao Li for the Treasure Map.
• Xiao Li bargained to hand over the map outside Peace Town, and Fan Ling agreed before secretly trapping him with vines and draining his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Li revealed that he was a Black Iron Steward of the Misty Cloud Sect, but Fan Ling dismissed the warning and prepared to kill him.
• A terrifying pressure immobilized Fan Ling, and the Sect Leader and Great Elder spoke from the sky about the Misty Cloud Sect’s reputation.

Gu Han rescued Xiao Li from Fan Ling in Black Wind Valley and accepted the Treasure Map to a Sixth-grade Alchemist Tomb. He arranged for Fan Ling to summon his father, Fan Lao, while secretly preparing to trap and kill them both and seize the Blood Sect's inheritance.

• Gu Han, Yun Yun, and the others arrived and freed Xiao Li, leaving Fan Ling terrified.
• Xiao Li gave Gu Han the Treasure Map and explained that it led to a Sixth-grade Alchemist Tomb; Gu Han promised him a fair share of its harvest under sect rules.
• Fan Ling admitted he was Fan Lao's son and begged Gu Han for mercy, so Gu Han ordered him to summon his father to redeem him.
• Gu Han took Xiao Li and Fan Ling to a Blood Sect contact point and had Fan Ling send a message to Fan Lao.
• Gu Han asked Cai Li and Cai Die to set up a concealed Spatial barrier, planning to trap Fan Lao and take over the Blood Sect's inheritance.

Cai Die persuaded Cai Li to accept that Gu Han would be the only man she could choose, while Gu Han used Fan Ling’s capture as a pretext to attack the Blood Sect. After Fan Lao was killed and his surviving Dou Wang experts surrendered, Gu Han interrogated them and uncovered an unexpected bonus.

• Cai Die reminded Cai Li that their identical faces and Cai Die’s bond with Gu Han left Cai Li no acceptable choice of another man, then urged her to accept Gu Han sooner rather than later.
• Cai Die and Cai Li attacked together as Gu Han explained that he wanted a foothold and intelligence station in the Black Corner Region and had chosen the Blood Sect.
• Gu Han froze Fan Ling’s mouth and waited for Fan Lao, who arrived with four Blood Sect Dou Wang experts.
• Cai Die and Cai Li sealed off the area while Yun Yun prepared to fight, and Fan Lao was beheaded before the Blood Sect experts could resist.
• Three Dou Wang experts tried to flee but hit the energy barrier, while the fourth surrendered and the other three followed.
• Gu Han placed Turtle Snake Seals on the four surrendered experts, interrogated them separately in the Xuanwu Secret Realm, and found an unexpected bonus in their information.

Gu Han purged the Blood Sect while preserving Twilight City, then used a targeted deduction to verify Bai Qishan’s story and uncover several valuable opportunities. He learned where to find a life-restoring Twilight Flower, the Blood Sect’s hidden treasury, and a gifted Dark Night Spirit Clan girl.

• Bai Qishan offered Gu Han the Blood Cold Art and a jade pendant, asking to join the Misty Cloud Sect and promising to help avenge the Bai Clan.
• Gu Han sent Bai Qishan into Twilight City to lure out the remaining Blood Sect experts, while Cai Li and Cai Die captured them.
• Gu Han interrogated the captives, executed Fan Lao’s direct subordinates and other major criminals, and spared the rest for the time being.
• Gu Han used a targeted deduction to confirm Bai Qishan’s account and learned that Fan Lao held the third piece of the key to Bai Qiling’s cave mansion.
• Gu Han’s random deductions revealed a life-restoring Twilight Flower near the Devour Life Pill tomb, a hidden chamber in Fan Lao’s study, and a ten-year-old girl with the Dark Night Spirit Body living in Shenpo Courtyard.

Gu Han found a rare Dark Night Spirit Clan mixed-blood with a Dark Night Spirit Body and traveled to the place marked by his opportunity. In Twilight City, he intervened when Boss Qian tried to force Little Mute to leave with him, freezing Boss Qian and shattering him.

• Gu Han was delighted to discover information about a mixed-blood with a Dark Night Spirit Body and immediately set off for the indicated location.
• Cai Die told Cai Li about the evolution paths of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and Cai Li called her Sister in hopes of advancing further.
• Gu Han arrived at a dilapidated courtyard in Twilight City, where Boss Qian urged beggars to leave for Rakshasa Gate's territory after Fan Lao's death.
• Boss Qian tried to take Little Mute with him and threatened to kill Old Man Liu when she refused.
• Gu Han froze Boss Qian into an ice sculpture and shattered his body as the beggars looked toward him.

Gu Han took Little Mute and Ka Qi from Twilight City, declared it Misty Cloud Sect territory, and began organizing its new administration. He renamed it Cloud Dusk City and offered Xiao Li a path to become a key official if he could reach Dou Wang strength within three months, leaving Xiao Li asking what the opportunity would cost.

• Gu Han offered to take Little Mute away to cultivate her, and she asked to bring Ka Qi; Gu Han agreed and carried them off on an ice phoenix.
• Gu Han gave the beggars silver coins and declared Twilight City Misty Cloud Sect territory, promising greater order and ordinary work.
• Gu Han appointed Bai Qishan a Golden Elder and named him deputy city lord of Cloud Dusk City, then arranged an easy job for Ka Qi.
• Gu Han sent Little Mute to the Xuanwu Secret Realm under Qing Lin's care and told her to cultivate and work for him.
• Gu Han offered Xiao Li the chance to lead Cloud Dusk City's Law Enforcement Team and potentially become its city lord, claiming he could help Xiao Li reach Dou Wang within three months.
• Xiao Li questioned the offer and asked Gu Han what price he would have to pay.

Gu Han offered Xiao Li a rapid path to Dou Wang at the cost of pills, debt, and a shortened lifespan, while Qing Lin took the scarred Ya'er as her little sister. The next morning, Cloud Dusk City was formally announced, and Qing Lin introduced Ya'er to the other women.

• Gu Han explained that the Devour Life Pill could make Xiao Li a Dou Wang but leave him with only three years to live, and offered a lifespan pill as a possible extension.
• Xiao Li accepted the risky offer, though Gu Han gave him three days to reconsider and discuss it with Xiao Yan.
• Qing Lin revealed that Ya'er had scarred herself to avoid attention in the Black Corner Region and asked Gu Han to help her.
• Gu Han explained that Ya'er’s Dark Night Spirit Body could heal her scars after awakening, and Qing Lin took her as a little sister.
• The next morning, Xiao Ting and Yun Yun announced the establishment of Cloud Dusk City while Qing Lin introduced Ya'er to Xian'er, Cai Li, and Cai Die.

Ya'er received gifts from Gu Han's companions, while Cai Die exposed Cai Li's feelings for Gu Han, leaving Cai Li embarrassed and furious. Gu Han and Cai Die went to harvest Opportunities, as news of Cloud Dusk City's founding reached Rakshasa Gate.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Die, and Cai Li gave Ya'er gifts, and Yun Yun later presented her with a Storage Ring; Gu Han promised to give Ya'er a more suitable gift later.
• Gu Han asked who would accompany him to the Twilight Mountain Range, and Cai Die volunteered while Cai Li chose to cultivate in seclusion.
• Cai Die told Gu Han that Cai Li had fallen for him and wanted to be his concubine, prompting Cai Li to flee in embarrassment and anger.
• Gu Han left the Xuanwu Secret Realm with Cai Die and Yun Yun, then harvested the Twilight Flower and other Opportunities with Cai Die.
• News of Cloud Dusk City's founding spread through the Black Corner Region, and Rakshasa Gate Master Su Mei reacted angrily upon learning that the Misty Cloud Sect was involved.

After the Misty Cloud Sect destroyed the Blood Sect, Black Corner Region factions debated whether to cooperate with or resist its expansion, while Jia Nan Academy agreed to let Xiao Yan meet his second brother. The chapter ended with Ling Ying appearing before Xun'er after she summoned him.

• Su Mei ordered the Rakshasa Gate to investigate the Misty Cloud Sect's intentions and sent Gui Yi to make contact, considering whether to join the sect.
• Han Feng decided to approach the Misty Cloud Sect about cooperating and helping him find another Heavenly Flame.
• Old Man Tian Yin, Tie Wu, Yan, Yuan Yi, and other faction leaders formed a temporary alliance to oppose further Misty Cloud Sect expansion.
• Su Qian told Hu Gan that Jia Nan Academy would not interfere with the Misty Cloud Sect as long as it left the academy unharmed, and agreed to let Xiao Yan meet Xiao Li.
• Ling Ying appeared in the Inner Academy and knelt before Xun'er after she summoned him.

Ling Ying learned that Gu Han wanted him to guide Ya'er, a girl with the Dark Night Spirit Body, and begged Xun'er to let him stay in the Northwest Continent to teach her. Elsewhere, Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Li and was stunned to hear that Gu Han had reached the peak of the Dou King realm.

• Ling Ying received Gu Han's letter asking him to teach Ya'er, a mixed-blood girl with the Dark Night Spirit Body.
• Ling Ying eagerly considered taking Ya'er as his disciple, but Xun'er reminded him that he would soon return to the clan.
• Ling Ying knelt before Xun'er and requested to oversee intelligence gathering in the Northwest Continent so he could report on Gu Han's growth.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Li in the Inner Academy, where Xiao Li described his plans to establish himself in the Black Corner Region and his recent encounter with the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan spat out his tea when Xiao Li revealed that Gu Han had reached the peak of the Dou King realm.

Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that Gu Han had offered him a path to reach Dou King within a few months, prompting Xiao Yan to travel with his brother to Cloud Dusk City to discuss the risks and meet Gu Han. Before leaving Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan encountered Zi Yan, who insisted on joining them.

• Xiao Li described Gu Han's recent achievements and explained that Gu Han had offered him a chance to become a Dou King and the City Lord of Cloud Dusk City.
• Xiao Yan consulted Old Yao, learned that the pills in Gu Han's plan were real, and decided to request leave and accompany Xiao Li to Cloud Dusk City.
• Xiao Yan encountered Zi Yan beside Nalan Yanran and suspected she had come looking for more pills after finishing her supply.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran he was leaving to meet Gu Han, and she wished him well.
• Zi Yan asked to go with Xiao Yan and led him to find Old Man Su so she could secure permission to leave the Inner Academy.

Xiao Yan got Su Qian’s permission to take Zi Yan out of the Inner Academy and travel toward Cloud Dusk City, where they planned to meet Gu Han. After hearing that Gu Han surpassed her at finding treasures, Zi Yan challenged him to a competition.

• Zi Yan asked Su Qian to let her leave the Inner Academy with Xiao Yan, and he agreed on the condition that a reliable person accompany her.
• Su Qian explained that Xiao Yan and Zi Yan could travel through Peace Town toward Cloud Dusk City, where Gu Han and the Misty Cloud Sect’s experts were located.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan that Gu Han had reached the peak of the Dou King realm, killed a peak Dou Emperor, and possessed a Spirit Realm soul.
• Su Qian gave Xiao Yan a Token allowing him to enter and leave the Inner and Outer Academies, and Xiao Yan departed with Zi Yan and Xiao Li.
• The group borrowed a flying Magical Beast in Peace Town and headed toward their destination.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan that Gu Han was even better than her at finding treasures, and she declared that she would compete with him.

Gu Han outlined Misty Cloud Sect’s plans for the Black Corner Region and reunited with Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and Zi Yan after stopping an ambush. He revealed that the attacker had specifically targeted Zi Yan.

• Gu Han told Yun Yun that Misty Cloud Sect would consolidate its new territory rather than expand further in the Black Corner Region, and he gave her a rare Sword Spirit Grass.
• Yun Yun and Cai Die teased each other about Gu Han’s family, while Medusa jokingly argued that the family should include her, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.
• Gu Han froze and killed a Rakshasa Gate attacker who tried to strike the Red Feather Eagle carrying Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, Zi Yan, and Old Yao.
• Zi Yan mistook Old Yao for a ghost, and Gu Han learned that she was Jia Nan Academy’s Strong Ranking champion.
• Gu Han showed Xiao Yan and Zi Yan the attacker’s corpse and said the man had come specifically for Zi Yan.

Gu Han exposed a Demon Flame Valley plot to provoke conflict between the Misty Cloud Sect and Jia Nan Academy, then planned to use the disguised attack as grounds to confront the Rakshasa Gate and intimidate Demon Flame Valley. Zi Yan challenged him to a treasure-finding contest and joined the group at Cloud Dusk City, where Yun Yun and Cai Die welcomed them.

• Zi Yan and Xiao Yan inspected the dead attacker and concluded he was unlikely to be from the Rakshasa Gate.
• Gu Han identified the corpse as a Demon Flame Valley Dou Wang who had been sent to frame the Rakshasa Gate and stir up conflict.
• Gu Han took the corpse, planning to demand an explanation from Su Mei before visiting Demon Flame Valley to intimidate them.
• Zi Yan challenged Gu Han to a competition to find Heavenly Earth Treasures, and he agreed to compete later.
• Gu Han led Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, and Zi Yan into Cloud Dusk City, where Zi Yan sensed the valuable tea Yun Yun had brewed and Cai Die pulled her into an embrace.

Gu Han discovered that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and sent her with Cai Die to the Xuanwu Secret Realm. He then proposed that Xiao Yan use a Devour Life Pill to rapidly advance, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by the dangerous plan.

• Cai Die cuddled Zi Yan and revealed that she wanted a child like her, while Zi Yan reacted to Cai Die’s affection and fragrance.
• Gu Han used the Yin Yang Twin Flames to examine Zi Yan and confirmed that she was an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Old Yao and Gu Han explained the history and relative strength of the Three Great Magical Beast Clans, leaving everyone amazed by Zi Yan’s background.
• Gu Han sent Cai Die and Zi Yan to the Xuanwu Secret Realm so Cai Die could take Zi Yan home to meet Cai Li.
• Gu Han suggested that Xiao Yan take a Devour Life Pill to rush from Dou Wang to Dou Emperor within three years, or at most thirteen years with a longevity pill.

Gu Han offered Xiao Yan and Xiao Li Devour Life Pills, and Old Yao explained how the pill could accelerate a prodigy’s cultivation. The brothers accepted the plan, while Gu Han revealed he had also gathered ingredients for a Qingming Longevity Pill and other life-extending pills.

• Old Yao realized the Devour Life Pill was best suited to prodigies who could reach Dou Emperor within its three-year lifespan, and he urged Xiao Yan to take one to speed his rise.
• Xiao Yan agreed, though he worried about owing Gu Han another favor, and Gu Han asked him to repay it by refining pills for free in the future.
• Gu Han gave Yao Chen the formula and ingredients for three batches of Devour Life Pills, asking him to refine them.
• Xiao Li chose to take a Devour Life Pill, and Xiao Yan promised to find the herbs for a Qingming Longevity Pill and a lightning cultivation technique for him.
• Gu Han revealed he already had the ingredients for the Qingming Longevity Pill and other lifespan-extending pills, leaving Yun Yun and the Xiao brothers astonished.

Gu Han confronted Gui Yi over an attempted assassination attributed to the Rakshasa Gate, then demanded that Su Mei come to negotiate submission to the Misty Cloud Sect. The group planned for the sect to control Cloud Dusk City independently of the Jia Ma Empire, while Xiao Yan prepared to refine a Seventh Grade Pill with Old Yao.

• Gu Han revealed that Xiao Li's Devour Life Pill had extended his lifespan from three years to ten, giving Xiao Yan more time to help him reach Dou Emperor.
• Gui Yi arrived from the Rakshasa Gate, and Gu Han confronted her with the corpse of an attacker who had claimed the Gate sent him to assassinate a Misty Cloud Sect guest.
• Gui Yi denied that the corpse belonged to the Rakshasa Gate and offered to have Su Mei lead its loyal members in joining the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu Han ordered Su Mei to come to Cloud Dusk City within three days to discuss submission and investigate who had sent the attacker.
• Gu Han and Yun Yun decided the Misty Cloud Sect would control the Northern Region independently, with Xiao Li managing Cloud Dusk City.
• Gu Han prepared for Xiao Yan and Old Yao to refine a Seventh Grade Pill and hinted that they could surprise Old Yao when the pill attracted powerful observers.

Gu Han arranged for Ling Ying to teach Ya'er and secured Ling Ying's position as a Guest Elder of the Misty Cloud Sect. He brought the women from the Xuanwu Secret Realm to witness Ya'er acknowledge her Teacher, leaving Ling Ying astonished by Gu Han's ability to bring them out of the realm.

• Gu Han told Yun Yun that he intended to kill Han Feng when the Medicine Emperor came for the Seventh Grade Pill.
• Ling Ying arrived and offered to teach Ya'er his cultivation methods, stealth, assassination, and combat skills.
• Gu Han asked Ling Ying to become a Guest Elder of the Misty Cloud Sect, and Ling Ying accepted.
• Gu Han returned to the Xuanwu Secret Realm, where Zi Yan met the women and was dazed by Cai Die and Cai Li's fragrance.
• Gu Han brought Ya'er and the other women out of the Xuanwu Secret Realm to witness Ya'er acknowledge Ling Ying as her Teacher, startling Ling Ying.